Checklists

Step-by-step guides that remember where you got to. No account needed to read or to tick.

• Choosing a ruleset in WoW: Forever — Normal, PvP or Roleplaying

  There are no realms, so the ruleset is the one structural choice you make at character creation. You cannot group across rulesets, and nobody has confirmed you can change.

  8 steps

  launch

• Are the original dungeons in WoW: Forever? The full list, in level order

  Deadmines through Scholomance — reported to return in full, with their level ranges. Read the first step before you plan around it: this rests on one outlet, not on Blizzard.

  8 steps

  dungeons5 steps need a group

• All nine new WoW: Forever dungeons, in level order

  Every new launch dungeon with its zone and level band, sourced line by line — including the one Blizzard corrected, the one three sites can't agree on, and the one with three different names.

  10 steps

  dungeons9 steps need a group

• WoW: Forever launch week — what to do before November 4

  Reserve a name, work out which pack (if any) you actually need, and know the exact moment the servers open. Most of this has a deadline before launch day.

  8 steps

  launch

• Names and language settings in WoW: Forever

  Last names are mandatory and your full name is unique across your whole region. The language you pick decides who you get grouped with — and the toggle that hides your last name currently does not work the way you would expect.

  6 steps

  characters

• Every new race and class combination in WoW: Forever

  Six new combinations Blizzard named on stage, plus the Skyborne — whose class options depend on which faction you side with, and which needs a paid pack to play at all.

  6 steps

  characters

• Getting ready for Hyjal Summit and Barrow Deeps

  No attunement, 10 and 20 players, no flex, and about a month after launch. What is settled, and the three things nobody has published yet.

  5 steps

  raids2 steps need a group